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Which teacher or staff member at Clayton High School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
431
High
DISTRICT 482 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAYTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340318002498
Clayton High School
55 POP KRAMER BLVD, CLAYTON, NJ 08312 · (856) 881-8701 · Gloucester County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL431 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of New Jersey public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public high schools
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
242 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 96 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 119 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 104 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 112 | 26% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Clayton Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
23.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . -17.8pp since 2023
Math
13.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . -33.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 18 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 33 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.7% | 13.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.5% | 46.2% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Clayton High School
Clayton High School's state test result (26.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton High School this school | 431 | 56.1% | 26.6% |
| Palmyra High School PALMYRA | 385 | 44.7% | 24.4% |
| Gloucester City High School GLOUCESTER CITY | 739 | 56.3% | 34.9% |
| Pemberton Township High School PEMBERTON | 972 | 49.1% | 18.9% |
| Glassboro High School Glassboro | 561 | 43.5% | 20.4% |
| Buena Regional High School BUENA | 491 | 56.8% | 16.7% |
Matched among New Jersey high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Clayton High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Gloucester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #278 of 397 | #9 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #308 of 400 ▼ 191 | #12 of 14 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.7% | #336 of 395 ▼ 41 | #12 of 14 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 431 | #337 of 442 | #13 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #179 of 388 | #6 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.7% | #58 of 389 | #3 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.1% | #123 of 405 | #3 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.6% | #136 of 173 | #8 of 9 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
431
+11 (+3%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 340
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 10.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 431 | 36 | 12.0:1 | 56% (242) |
| 2023-24 | 464 | 37 | 12.5:1 | 47% (217) |
| 2022-23 | 454 | 35 | 13.0:1 | 43% (197) |
| 2020-21 | 420 | 41 | 10.2:1 | 44% (186) |
| 2017-18 | 416 | 44 | 9.4:1 | 49% (205) |
| 2015-16 | 404 | 44 | 9.2:1 | 53% (213) |
| 2010-11 | 335 | 30 | 11.2:1 | 39% (132) |
| 2000-01 | 312 | 22 | 14.2:1 | 30% (95) |
| 1990-91 | 340 | 27 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clayton High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (416 to 431); teachers down 18% (44 to 36).
About Clayton High School
Clayton High School, a low-enrollment high school, is located in CLAYTON, New Jersey. School enrollment was 431 students in 2024-25, in grades 9 through 12. The average among high schools in New Jersey is roughly 929 students; this school is 54% smaller than that.
Clayton Public School District has 1,445 students in 3 schools, and Clayton High School is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Clayton High School, at 45%. Other groups make up 30% Black, 15% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. County-wide, 76% of Gloucester County residents are White. The school's diversity index is 68%, meaning two students picked at random have a 68% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 36 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Clayton High School was 12.0:1. This ratio sits 0.7 below the 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 56%. Among public schools in Gloucester County, the average eligibility rate is 32%.
allk12 grades Clayton High School a C+. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Clayton High School, the prediction is 35.4% and the result is 26.6%.
Gloucester County census figures show that the median household income is $105,115, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 86 public schools in Gloucester County, enrolling about 46,080 students in all.
The closest public school, Clayton Middle School, is less than a tenth of a mile from Clayton High School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Clayton High School is 7th among 8 schools close by.
Clayton High School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Enrollment is up 3% from 2020-21, when Clayton High School had 420 students, to 2024-25, when it had 431. Its ratio of students to teachers was 10.2:1 in 2020-21, and 12.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Gloucester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
306,954
Census ACS
Median income
$105,115
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
46,080 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clayton Public School District
- Herma S. Simmons Elementary SchoolElementary · 715 students
- Clayton Middle SchoolMiddle · 299 students
Other schools in CLAYTON
- Herma S. Simmons Elementary SchoolElementary · 715 students
- Clayton Middle SchoolMiddle · 299 students
Other Clayton High schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Clayton High. Clayton High School is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Clayton HighClayton, NC · 1,929 students
- CLAYTON HIGHCLAYTON, MO · 788 students
- CLAYTON HIGHCLAYTON, NM · 121 students
- Clayton High SchoolClayton, OK · 100 students
- Clayton HighClayton, WI · 86 students
Nearby schools
- Clayton Middle School0.0 mi · 299
- Herma S. Simmons Elementary School1.1 mi · 715
- Dorothy L. Bullock School3.1 mi · 701
- Aura Elementary School3.1 mi · 350
- Bunker Hill Middle School3.4 mi · 562
- Caroline L. Reutter School3.7 mi · 388
Frequently asked questions
About Clayton High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Clayton High School?
Clayton High School enrolls approximately 431 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Clayton High School serve?
Clayton High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Clayton High School?
Approximately 12.0:1 students per teacher at Clayton High School.
How diverse is Clayton High School?
Clayton High School reports a student body of 45% White, 15% Hispanic, 30% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Clayton High School in?
Clayton High School is part of Clayton Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.